A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age
Published on 31. August 2022
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-350-02397-0 (ISBN)
Description
A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age covers the period 600 to 1450. Lacking any viable ancient models, sport evolved into two distinct forms, divided by class. Male and female aristocrats hunted and knights engaged in jousting and tournaments, transforming increasingly outdated modes of warfare into brilliant spectacle. Meanwhile, simpler sports provided recreational distraction from the dangerously unsettled conditions of everyday life. Running, jumping, wrestling, and many ball games - soccer, cricket, baseball, golf, and tennis - had their often violent beginnings in this period.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation.
Noel Fallows is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, USA.
Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Sport set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion and segregation; minds, bodies and identities; representation.
Noel Fallows is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, USA.
Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Sport set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
47 b/w illus
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-02397-0 (9781350023970)
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Persons
Noel Fallows is the distinguished research professor of Spanish and associate provost at the University of Georgia. His most recent books include Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia (Boydell, 2010) and the first translation into English from the original Catalan of Ramon Llull's Book of the Order of Chivalry (Boydell, 2013).
Content
VOLUME 2: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE
EDITED BY NOEL FALLOWS, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, USA
1. The Purpose of Sport, Robert A. Mechikoff
2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Thomas C. Devaney
3. Products, Training and Technology, Jonathan Tavares and Lisa W. Tom
4. Rules and Order, Noel Fallows
5. Conflict and Accommodation, Michael Harney
6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Ken Mondschein
7. Minds, Bodies and Identities, Grant A. Gearhart
8. Representation, Emma Levitt
EDITED BY NOEL FALLOWS, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, USA
1. The Purpose of Sport, Robert A. Mechikoff
2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Thomas C. Devaney
3. Products, Training and Technology, Jonathan Tavares and Lisa W. Tom
4. Rules and Order, Noel Fallows
5. Conflict and Accommodation, Michael Harney
6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Ken Mondschein
7. Minds, Bodies and Identities, Grant A. Gearhart
8. Representation, Emma Levitt